Toronto: Strike!

Toronto reminds me of Chicago, but in Canada. I met up with Michael Cera and he took me on a great walk through Toronto. The city is in the middle of a garbage strike. The workers have stopped picking up the garbage until they have a new contract (from what I understand, the city doesn't want to pay for sick days anymore). So Toronto—one of the cleanest cities I have ever been to—is now being over-run with garbage. It feels like a science fiction movie. Residents are literally boarding up the garbage cans are so that other people won't over-fill them with garbage. Garbage bags are piled up on the streets. I know it sounds weird, but it was sort of fascinating to see.

During the Q & A after our Toronto screening, Charlyne and I—for no reason; no one asked us—decided to re-enact one of the most dramatic scenes in our movie. It was absolutely ridiculous. We have a screening tonight in Montreal and I think we'll probably do it again.